Facilities panel narrows list, gets surprise
Two middle schools and four elementaries would be closed under the recommendations being honed by a Jeffco Schools advisory committee.
Archive for:
November, 2009
Controversial vote looms for DPS board
Denver Public Schools’ board members face one of their most contentious votes in recent years Monday as they weigh turnaround plans for six of the district’s lowest-performing schools.
Ed advisor Gianneschi leaving governor’s office
Matt Gianneschi, Gov. Bill Ritter’s top staff advisor on education issues, is leaving the governor’s office to take an administrative job at the Community College of Aurora.
Colorado out of running for higher ed grant
Colorado has failed to make the cut for a share of $9 million from the Lumina Foundation for Education, money intended to help states improve the productivity of their higher education systems.
Interest high in Jeffco facilities choices
Possible options for closing schools, reassigning students and moving programs have draw unprecedented public attention in the Jefferson County Schools.
Howard Fuller speaks at Manual
Howard Fuller, veteran advocate of school choice, talks about parental responsiblity, teachers waiting for better kids and why Obama is wrong on vouchers. Video, audio.
DPS reform plans draw opposition
Call it Round 2, the opposition. More than 100 people signed up to speak at the second public hearing on Denver Public Schools’ recommendations for turning around six of its lowest-performing schools. Three are recommended for closure and three for new leadership. And while speakers at Monday’s session tipped in favor of support for the [...]
JBC tosses around touchy scenarios
Closing colleges or privatizing universities are radioactive issues that Colorado legislators don’t much like to talk about, but the Joint Budget Committee members and others were forced to do just that on Wednesday.
DPS poetry reading draws a crowd
So many families attended Denver Public Schools’ student poetry reading this week at the Denver Public Library that one session turned into three. Steve Replogle, a teacher at Bromwell Elementary, solicited poems from elementary students and teachers across the district. He and students from East High School and the Denver School of the Arts served as [...]
